My thinking was that it was a safe pick knowing there were 2 replacements, then if he does make it for the last 2 or 3 tests it's a happy bonus... and he'd be playing with a bit of a point to prove. Made sense to me, and seemingly to Ian and Red too. Time will tell

TBH ca sold the fta right to bt sports. Ca had two right for the tender pay and free the free one went to bt sports as well. It was meant to be a game a week of the big bash on the free channel and highlights of the Australia games but they seemed to scrap that now. Looks like ca don’t really care what bt sports do and are happy with the limited freeness of the ashes.